Merzak Allouache
Directing
Merzak Allouache (born 6 October 1944) is an Algerian film director and screenwriter. His 1976 film Omar Gatlato was later entered into the 10th Moscow International Film Festival where it won the Silver Prize. His 1996 Salut cousin! was submitted to the 69th Academy Awards in the category of Best Foreign Language Film. He is one of the most influential Algerian filmmakers, considered by some to be the most important. He is the only Algerian filmmaker who devoted most, if not all, of his cinematic work to his native country.
Behind the camera
2026Front Row
Director & Writer
2024The Family
Director & Writer
2020Des femmes
Director
2019Autumn Landscapes
Director & Writer
2018Investigating Paradise
Director & Screenplay
2018Divine Wind
Director & Writer
2013The Repentant
Director & Writer
2013The Rooftops
Director
2012Bay of Algiers
Director & Writer
2012Tata Bakhta
Director
2012Normal!
Director
2009Harragas
Director & Writer
2005Bab El Web
Director & Writer
2003Chouchou
Director
2001The Other World
Director
2001À bicyclette
Director
1999La soledad del manager
Director
1997Love Reinvented
Director
1996Salut cousin !
Director & Writer
1995Lumière & Company
Director
1994Bab El Oued City
Director & Writer
1990Women on the Move
Director
1987A Parisian Love Story
Director
1985The Man Who Was Looking at the Windows
Director